At Columbus, Ohio, the No. 15 Minnesota men's hockey squad endured a 5-2 setback at the hands of host Ohio State on Saturday.
Saturday's game saw three lead changes before the Buckeyes added a pair of empty-net goals late.
Taylor Cammarata and Justin Kloos tallied two points each for Minnesota (19-12-3 overall, 10-5-3-0 Big Ten) in a losing effort.
After Nick Schilkey's goal for OSU in the first, the sophomore line of Cammarata, Kloos and Vinni Lettieri rattled off a pair of goals in less than three minutes to take a lead for Minnesota. Cammarata found the net for his third of the year when his centering attempt deflected into the net at 2:23 of the period. Kloos and Cammarata then turned around and set up Lettieri at 5:09 for the forward's seventh goal of the year.
Ohio State evened things up soon after when Matt Johnson found the net at 8:07 of the second period. Craig Dalrymple reclaimed the lead for Ohio State at 5:42 of the third period when he slid a shot through from the point and Anthony Greco and Tanner Fritz each added empty netters for the Buckeyes late.
Adam Wilcox made 27 saves in the loss for Minnesota, moving to 18-11-3 on the year while Christian Frey made 22 saves for Ohio State.
Ohio State outshot the Gophers 32-24 on the night while Minnesota went 3-for-3 on the penalty kill and 0-for-2 on the power play.
The Gophers return to Big Ten action next weekend at Mariucci Arena for the regular-season finale against Penn State.
